Washing-machine tub



H. W. EDEN.

WASHING MACHINE TUB. APPLICATION FILED JAN.12,1920.

hzroli Will'm Eden H V m Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

STATE 1,427,791 tries.

PATNT HAROLD WILLIAM EDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ALBAUGH-DOVER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

WASHING-3KACI-IINE TUB.

Application filed January 12, 1920. Serial No. 350,957.

To all to 710m it may concern:

Be it known that I, TTTAROLD l VILLIAM EDEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a lVashing-ltlachine Tub; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates more particularly to an improved form of a rotatable type of a washing machine tub, having a perfo rated radially disposed partition therein to divide the tub into clothes chambers.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved type of a washing machine tub.

Another object of the invention is to provide a washing machine tub with a perforated radial vane in the lower portion thereof.

It is a further object of the invention to construct a rotatable type of a washing machine tub with a partition permitting the water to flow from one side of the tub to the other during a washing operation to cause cleansing of clothes in the compartments formed by said partition.

It is an important object of this invention to construct a cylindrical type of a partitioned washing machine tub, provided with a drain valve adapted to drain the clothes compartments of said tub.

@ther and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the drawings and specification.

The invention (in apreferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a washing machine partly broken away and equipped with an improved type of tub embodying the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is an end view of the tub.

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is-a section taken on line .1-4: of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged section of the tub drain valve.

As shown on the drawings- The reference numeral 1 indicates awashing machine supporting frame on which is mounted a wringer 2, a mechanism 3 for operating the wringer, and a driving motor at. Also connectedto be driven by the motor 4. is a tub operating mechanism 5, adapted to partially rotate an improved type of a cylindrical tub.

The tub comprises a cylindrical wall 6 provided with an opening in the upper portion, which is adapted to be closed by means of a removable cover or door 7. The ends of the tub are closed by means of end walls 8 and 9 which are rigidly secured to the cylindrical wall 6. Projecting axially through the tub is a shaft or axle 10 the ends 11 and 12 of which project through and are rigidly secured to plates 13, secured centrally on the tub end walls 8 and 9. The shaft end 11 is journaled in the frame 1. The shaft end 12 isshaped to form a lug or key which is engaged with the tub 0per- 'ating mechanism 5 so that the tub may be partially rotated when the motor 4 operates the operating mechanism 5.

Secured on the shaft 10 is a partition or vane 14 having a plurality of apertures or openings 15 therein. The partition is dis posed longitudinally in the lower half of the tub in a radial position with the ends of the partition rigidly secured to the tub end walls 8 and 9. The lower edge of the partition 14: is spaced above the bottom portion of the tub to afford an opening or slot 16 below the partition. The partition 14 serves to divide the lower half of the tub into two clothes compartments or chambers.

Secured in the bottom of the tub near the end wall 8 is a drain elbow 17 on the end of which is mounted a passaged valve casing 18 having a hollow plug valve 19 rotatably seated therein. The valve 19 is provided with an outlet opening 20. Formed on top of the valve 19 is an apertured lug 21 having one end of a valve rod 22 engaged therethrough. The valve rod extends across the end wall 8 and is rotatably held in place by a bracket 23. The upper end of the valve rod is bent to afford a handle 24 to facilitate turning of the rod to cause adjust ment of the valve 19. I

The operation is as followslVater is admitted into the tub through the door opening, and fills the clothes compartments. Clothes to be washed are placed in both of the compartments provided on opposite sides of the perforated partition plate 14. When the water and clothes are in the tub, the cover 7 is closed, and the motor 4 is started. The motor drives the operating mechanism 5, which acts to alternately rock or partially rotate the tub shaft 10, thereby causing the tub to partially rotate. Partial rotation of the tub causes the water therein to alternately flow from one clothes compartment to the other through the partition openings 15 and through the slot 16 below the partition. The agitated water washes through the clothes and thereby cleans them.

When the clothes have been thoroughly cleaned they are removed from the tubs and the sediment and water are drained from the tub by turning the rod 22, until the valve 19 is set with the valve opening 20 registering with the passage in the elbow 17. The space 16 below the partition 1-l permits dirt and sediment from both of the clothes compartments to collect in the bottom of the tub and be drained off through the drain elbow 17 when the valve 19 is open.

oscillatable suds and clothes cylinder provided with an operating shaft at its central.

axis a perforated partition secured to said shaft and extending therefrom to within a short distance from the lower cylindrical wall of said casing to divide the lower half of said cylinder into two compartments with a sediment passage therebetween, and a drain cock extending through the lower cylindrical wall of said cylinder in the plane of said partition to receive sediments from both compartments.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HAROLD lVILLIAM EDEN.

Witnesses EARL M. HARDINE, FRED E. PAESLER. 

